Neild, JamesAn Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Society for the Discharge and Relief of Persons Imprisoned for Small Debts London, 1808. First Edition. Contemp. tree calf; rebacked. A very good copy. 8vo., There is a frontis. and large fldg. plan of the woman&#39;s workhouse. Neild&#39;s work with prison reform began in the 1760s. He was responsible for agitating for reform and founding the Society. The book offered here contains a reprint of the account of how the Society was founded and grew but it offers for the first time Neild&#39;s lengthy and exquisitely detailed reports on the condition of prisoners and prison/workhouse facilities in general throughout the United Kingdom. Neild appears to have been indefatigable in his inspections; his biographer notes that jailers and wardens were spurred to a, &#39;... keener sense of their responsibilities ...&#39; by Neild. Though the 1808 printing offered here bears the notice 3rd edition it is erroneous. This is the first edition of Neild&#39;s complete report of his tour containing an additional 400 pp. of text. There is an additonal portrait of Lettsom, Neild&#39;s close friend, added to this copy that is not properly part of the collation. See DNB XIV, pp. 169-170.

Fischer, Christian AugustusA Picture of Valencia, taken on the Spot; comprehending a Description of that Province, its Inhabitants, Manners and Customs, Productions, Commerce, Manufactures, &c. with an Appendix containing a geographical and statistical Survey of Valencia, and of the Balearic and Pithyusian Islands; together with Remarks on the Moors in Spain, translated from the German by Frederic Schoberl Printed for Henry Colburn, London 1808 - viii + 309 pp, 14.5x22 cm, first English edition, extremely rare, original full leather binding in solid tight condition, though slightly scuffed, marbled endpapers, gilt fringe on covers and spine, sticker inside with coronet crest of Sarah Sophia Child, no marks or blemishes, good quality paper still white and bright. A vivid and most engaging account of life in Valencia in the 18th century, addressing a multitude and great variety of topics from folklore and local customs to finance and industry, language and history, including descriptions of towns and cities, topography and geography. Objective and incisive yet without prejudice, this is an entertaining, intelligent and informative work, not lacking in humour, in which the author¿s enthusiasm and joy in writing it may be clearly perceived by the reader. A delightful and realistic glimpse into 18th-century Spain! [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

Giordani, PietroPanegirico Alla Sacra Maesta di Napoleone Detto Nell' Accademia Letteraria di Cesena Li XVI Agosto 1807 Fresso i Fratelli Masi e Compagno, Bologna, Italy, 1808, Hardcover, Book Condition: Fair Condition, First EditionThis is a very rare book on Napoleon, written 8 years prior to Waterloo. I have only found 5 copies in libraries worldwide. Size: 4mo - over 9 3/4" - 12" tall. Text is in Italian. About 1/3 of the spine has been chipped away at the top, and the outer paper cover is gone from most of the rest of it. Both hinges are cracked about the same distance along the top of the spine. Heavy foxing throughout. Pages are wrinkled, but I believe it's due to the type of paper, andI see no evidence of water damage. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 pounds. Category: History; Non-English Language::Italian; France; 19th century; Italian Language; Inventory No: 001309.

MEI KE RONG BO DENGWilliams endocrinology (11th Edition)(Chinese Edition) WEI LIAN MU SI NEI FEN MI XUE ( DI 11 BAN ) People's Medical Publishing. hardcover. New. Ship out in 2 business day, And Fast shipping, Free Tracking number will be provided after the shipment.HardCover Pub Date: 2011 Pages: 1808 Language: Chinese Publisher: People's Medical Publishing Williams endocrinology (11) is an internationally renowned Bible class classic medical masterpiece. is the European and American classic Endocrinology textbooks. since its publication in the 1950s. the revised once every 5 to 10 years. selling more than 50 years without failure. has been revised to 11. 11 10 based on updated most of the contents of the new Chapter 3. an increase of 12 new authors. a ... Satisfaction guaranteed,or money back.

BUCK, Adam (1759-1833) engraved by Richard REEVEJessica London: Published by R. Reeve, 7 Vere Street, 1808. Colour printed aquatint. Printed on wove paper watermarked Edmeads & Pine, 1802. In good condition with the exception of being trimmed to border of image on right and left margin. Trimmed just outside platemark on top and bottom margin. Facsimile work on lower right corner. Skillfully repaired tear in upper left corner. Skillfully mended tear on right side of image. Repaired tear on left margin. Some surface soiling in margins. A charming image of a young woman holding a book, by the celebrated painter Adam Buck. Adam Buck (1759-1833) made a name for himself as an accomplished miniature painter. After arriving in London he soon gained popularity as a skillful portraitist, and became a regular exhibitor at the London exhibitions. During his career he exhibited more than 170 paintings at the Royal Academy and was a regular contributor to the Society of British Artists, and the British Institution. His work was eagerly reproduced by contemporary engravers; and these delicate prints enjoyed a wide circulation throughout England and Europe. Colour printed stipples of his charming paintings were eagerly collected by contemporary print enthusiasts, and they survive today as a wonderful example of fine English printmaking. Not in O'Donoghue.

Grimod de La Reynière Alexandre Balthazar LaurentManuel des Amphitryons Paris: Capelle et Renand, 1808. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition. Rebound in 1/4 cloth over marbled boards. Early pages worn, light dampstain to the frontis and elsewhere, mostly the latter half of the book including the plates. A well used but survived example of his classic text on hosting - from carving, to menus to how to conduct oneself. Frontispiece showing the mid-air carving that began with Il Trinciante and still persisted. 384pp, 16 plates. Cagle 233, Oberle 135, Bitting 203, Vicaire 427, Simon 805.Though all of his books were published after the revolution, Grimod de La Reynière's adventures in gastronomy began much earlier. His endless dinner parties (where he locked the guests in his home and sold tickets to spectators) and fake funerals (one for himself), both mocked the huge banquets of the last days of the King and Queen, and presaged a more intimate, individual expression of the gourmet spirit. Size: 8vo (octavo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000103.

Wilkinson (Robert) ;-ATLAS CLASSICA, BEING A COLLECTION OF MAPS OF THE COUNTRIES MENTIONED BY THE ANCIENT AUTHORS, BOTH SACRED AND PROFANE, With their various Subdivisions at different Periods. London ;- Robt. Wilkinson 1808 - Folio. Hardback. Modern Linen-backed boards. Complete with 52 most attractive hand-coloured full & double-page Maps. Neat circular stamp to foxed Title page otherwise a remarkably fresh and clean example of this famous atlas ! [Attributes: Hard Cover]

[COOK] [BERENGER, Jean-Pierre]Le Cook de la Jeunesse , ou Extrait des voyages les plus récens dans les régions les plus éloignées Paris: no publisher, 1808. Two volumes, duodecimo, three folding engraved plates after John Webber, charming early printed prize label to front endpapers; a little rubbed but a very good set in original tree calf, ornate gilt spines with black morocco labels. A beautiful set of this charming and popular French account of various voyages for children. As the title suggests, much of the material here is taken directly from the voyages of Captain Cook. The three folding engraved plates, all after Webber, respectively depict a Maori war canoe, a walrus hunt and a Tahitian human sacrifice.There were a number of juvenile editions based on Jean-Pierre Bérenger's popular collections of voyage accounts which first appeared in 1780. Bérenger was a Swiss polymath; politically active, he was exiled from Geneva and spent much of his adult life in Lausanne. He wrote several important books on geography and the voyages to the Pacific. This Paris edition is largely devoted to the voyages of Cook and has chapters describing Tahiti, New Zealand, Unalaska, and the Sandwich Islands, followed by an abridged life of the navigator. Forbes notes that the second volume of this work includes a lengthy section, some fifty pages, devoted to Hawaii.Attractively for such a juvenile edition, this set was awarded as a prize to one Mademoiselle Nathalie Guillemet in 1825, for her proficiency in the English language, with the original printed prize label on the front endpaper. A second award from 1828 to Mlle. Guillemet is tipped in to the front of the second volume.No copy of this version is recorded by Forbes in Hawaiian National Bibliography, though its existence is noted in the entries for two Avignon editions (370 & 495).

BROOKE, T.H.A History of the Island of St. Helena, from its discovery by the Portuguese to the year 1806; 1808 1808 - To which is added an Appendix Dedicated by Permission, to the Honourable the Court of Directors for Affairs of the United English East-India Company. London: Black, Parry, and Kingsbury, 1808. 8vo. Orig. full red crushed morocco with small gilt crest on both covers (skilfully rebacked). Spine extra gilt and with raised bands. All edges gilt. (xvi, 410, 6pp.). With engrv. frontisp. Inscribed "Presented by the Author to The Earl of Blefsington". Fine.

Brooke, T.H.A History of the Island of St. Helena, from Its Discovery by the Portuguese to the Year 1806, to Which Is Added an Appendix. Black, Parry, and Kingsbury, London - 1808, 1st Edition. (Hardcover) Very good. xv,409,(6). Original 19th century full tree calf binding. Engraved frontis. Minor foxing and an old minor tide line to a few pages. A few 19th century pencil notations. Overall and attractive copy in a very nice binding. 19th century bookplates of Beckwith bookbinder and James Tabor. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

Louisiana]:A DIGEST OF THE CIVIL LAWS NOW IN FORCE IN THE TERRITORY OF ORLEANS, WITH ALTERATIONS AND AMENDMENTS ADAPTED TO ITS PRESENT SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT. New Orleans: Bradford and Anderson, 1808. - v,xxi,[1],491pp. Quarto. antique style three-quarter calf and marbled boards. Closed tear in the titlepage neatly repaired. Faint marginal dampstaining to a few leaves. Page 113-114 torn in the outer margin, affecting about a dozen words, else a very good copy. This copy bears the ownership signature and stamp of Samuel P. Greves, a New York native who practiced law in Baton Rouge from the 1840s to the 1870s. A most important compilation of laws covering the southern part of the Louisiana purchase (separated from the northern section in 1808), and so covering present- day Louisiana and Arkansas. Printed in parallel French and English, this volume amalgamated for the first time the combination of English, French, and Spanish law which represented the legal past and present of the territory. One of the most substantial books printed in New Orleans up to that time. JUMONVILLE 174. McMURTRIE (NEW ORLEANS) 114.

Murray AlexanderAccount of the Life and Writings of James Bruce, of Kinnaird, Esq. F.R.S. author of Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, & 1773. Printed by George Ramsay and Company, Edinburgh 1808 - Book measures 12 1/4 x 9 3/4 inches.Weight 3.2kg. Collation, xiii[1]504pp, +4pp publishers advert for work to be printed, engraved frontis, 19 engraved plates, plus 2 large folding maps. Bound in modern half calf, calf corners, cloth boards, raised bands, gilt lines and title lettering. Binding in excellent condition.Internally, no loose pages, some very occasional light spotting or browning, one plate has some moderate spotting, some very minor light spotting to others, maps in very good clean condition. A very nice clean well bound copy.A70 Size: Quarto [Attributes: First Edition]

MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETYPHARMACOPOEIA OF THE MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY 1808 - PHARMACOPOEIA OF THE MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY. Boston: E. & J. Larkin, 1808. First edition. 8vo. x, [4], 272 pp. Original green boards, rebacked to style with green paper and orange spine label. Ex-library, with bookplate on front pastedown, perforated stamp on title page and page 4, ink stamp on verso of title page. There is some soiling, spotting and a few edge tears throughout the volume. Based on the Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia with the addition of drugs indigenous to America, this first state pharmacopoeia listed 536 drugs and preparations and was somewhat ahead of its time in publishing the text in English. More than ninety percent of its articles were incorporated in the Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America issued in 1820. (Sonnedecker, Kremers and Urdan's History of Pharmacy, 229-35; Austin 1222).

[Manuscript Ledger]: Elenchus Biliczensium Litteralium Instrumentorum; Confectus anno 1808 [Hungary]. (1808-1823). Thick folio (10" x 15"). Handwritten in Hungarian and Latin. Full mottled calf, gilt lettered and decorated spine in seven compartments, patterned endpapers, all edges stained red. A few minor scuffs, corners are bumped, near fine. A chronological ledger with entries spanning the years 1411-1823, neatly and completely written in three or four hands on both sides of the hand-ruled leaves. The first 37 entries, comprising the first three quarters of the ledger, were completed in 1808 (Most are records from the 17th and 18th Centuries). The consecutive entries that follow, numbered 38-64, were written beginning in 1811 in a different hand. They record entries from the years 1624-1823. A beautifully written ledger. Three narrow columns at the left page margins provide record numbers and dates. Several entries have been annotated in the same contemporary hand, including some neatly crossed out without affecting the legibility of the written text. There are also a very few scattered later marginal annotations and underlining. A handsome, well-preserved volume. .

POYER J.The history of Barbados, - from the first discovery of the island, in the year 1605, till the accession of Lord Seaforth, 1801. London, 1808 - 668 + xxix large pp. 1st ed., a very clean and attractive copy with large margins, rebound in old style grey sugar paper boards retaining original label. Lacking e.p.'s and with small library h/s's on back of title page and last page. Written from the point of view of a West Indian, the welfare of whose colony home seemed indissolubly bound up with the institution of slavery. Very useful for the detailed account of the course of events during the latter part of the eighteenth century. (Ragatz) This is a later state of the edition with the title page corrected to show 'Barbados' and added corrections to the Erratum page. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

Wilson, AlexanderAmerican Ornithology, Or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States: Illustrated with Plates; Engraved and Colored from Original Drawings Taken from Nature - Philadelphia: Bradford & Inskeep, 1808-14 - Wilson's work was the most important work on American ornithology before Audubon and the most elaborate color plate book published in America up to its time. Wilson, a Scot, began work on American birds in 1802 with the encouragement of William Bartram. The feverish pace of his work, which began to be published in 1808, weakened his constitution, and he died suddenly in 1813, with the eighth volume in press. His friend George Ord completed the work and wrote a memoir in the final volume. Although incomplete in scope, because of Wilson's narrow geographical travels and his early death, it was by far the most extensive work about American birds. Likewise, the color plates set a new standard of achievement for works produced in America, even though Wilson's artistry was sometimes crude, and the depictions of birds are stiff and out of scale compared to Audubon. In fact, as a self-taught poet and schoolmaster who came late to such work, he did a remarkable job, although he was fated to be outshone by Audubon. Wilson's first volume appeared in September, 1808; the present set is the second issue, with a different imprint than the first. The second volume came out in 1810, the third and fourth in 1811, the fifth and sixth in 1812, and the seventh and eighth in 1813. Ord produced the final volume in 1814. Wilson's book is a great pioneering effort in both American bookmaking and science. It remained a standard book even after Audubon, and possibly went through more editions than Audubon's octavo set, staying in print in one form or another until the 1880s. Bennett calls it "the first truly outstanding American color plate book of any type." First edition. 9 vols., Folio. 76 engravings, with excellent handcoloring. Contemporary marbled boards, expertly backed to original style in red calf with plain gilt rules, title and volumes numbers stamped in gilt. Some light wear to text leaves. Moderate to heavy foxing and offsetting from plates, as usual with this work, but far better than typical. Meisel III, p.369; DAB XX, p.317; Bennett, p.114; Sabin 104597; Reese, Stamped with National Character 3 [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

Churchill, T.OThe Life of Lord Viscount Nelson London, 1808. b/w steel engravings, b/w facsimiles, fldg. diagrams. 4to. viii, 100 pp. First edition of an early hagiography, and one of the richest sources of images of Nelson and his adventures, with twelve hand colored steel engravings by Bromley and Worthington, manuscript facsimile of a letters, and two folding plates depicting the funeral procession and the coffin. Cowie 136. Bound in full blue morocco, elaborately blind stamped and gilt, with all edges gilt. Front hinge weak, spine ends worn

[HERALDRY]Statuten Fur Den Erhabenen Osterreichisch-Kaiserlichen Leopolds-Orden [Statutes of the Order of Leopold] Wien. Aus der Kaiserlich-Koniglichen Hof und Staatsdruckerey , 1808., 1808. Slim Folio. With 5 engraved plates. Bound in contemporary full red morocco, decorative gilt rule to boards with the Arms of the Austrian Emperor Leopold in gilt to centre of upper just a little rubbed. Additional ms. leaf attached at end describing various changes to the Statutes. Boards dusty with little scratch marks. Very good indeed.

SCOTT, WalterMarmion; A Tale of Flodden Field Edinburgh: Printed by J. Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co., Edinburgh; and William Miller, and John Murray, London. 1808. First. First edition. Quarto. 19th Century half-calf binding. Slight foxing to a few leaves, corners and edges of the boards rubbed, a nice, very good plus copy. Scott&#39;s second full-length narrative poem, a historical romance of 16th Century Britain culminating in the Battle of Flodden Field. A best-seller in its day which went through four printings in the first six months. Housed in a custom full-leather clamshell case. .

Ashe, Thomas (1770-1835)Travels in America, Performed in 1806, for the Purpose of Exploring the Rivers Alleghany, Monongahela, Ohio and Mississippi, and Ascertaining the Produce and Condition of their Banks and Vicinity London : Printed Newburyport [Mass.] Reprinted for W. Sawyer and Co. by E.M. Blunt, 1808 ix+366 pages. Duodecimo (7 1/4" x 4 1/4") in the original leather binding with black label in gilt to spine. (Howes:354) First printed in 1806 in London in three volumes. Second printing.Thomas Ashe (1770-1835), was born in Dublin, Ireland and was a soldier and memoirist. Much of his life was checkered with intrigue and fraud. His Memoirs and Confessions (1815) is an autobiographical account of ?criminal and delinquent? escapades beginning with the seduction of a girl in France. In America he edited the National Intelligencer, and was arrested when attempting to steal treasures from churches in Latin America. His Travels in America first appeared in 1806. The narrative, chronicles Ashe's travels by flatboat down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers in 1806 and is one of the first travelogues written by a foreigner to comment specifically on the American inhabitants of the region. A unrestrained hatred of Americans can be found throughout the work. While the account is interesting and highly readable it was to create quite a stir, and added to the wave of anti-British sentiment that would ultimately lead to the War of 1812.

Capper, Benjamin PittsA Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom; compiled from Parliamentary, and other Authentic Documents and Authorities; containing geographical, topographical and statistical accounts of every district, object and place in ... (Truncated) Richard Phillips, London, 1808, Hardcover, Book Condition: Good Condition, Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket, First EditionFull Book Title: A Topographical Dictionary of the United Kingdom; compiled from Parliamentary, and other Authentic Documents and Authorities; containing geographical, topographical and statistical accounts of every district, object and place in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and the various small islands dependant on the British Empire.Size: Octavo (standard book size). Original contents rebound in full 20th Century calf binding with blind stamped decoration to front board and title to spine and new end papers. Binding very lightly worn with a few light blemishes to head of spine else very sound and secure. Pp xiv, main text un-paginated and printed in double columns. Accompanied by 46 maps, drawn purposely for this work, on an original plan. Map of Wales printed on one map and not on two as stated on contents pages hence all maps present and complete. Edge of block slightly irregular where reset and a few tiny chips to edge frontis map. Contents very faintly toned, and coloured maps tanning slightly. Some sporadic but faint off-setting otherwise no annotation or damage of note. A very good example of a well preserved publication. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Topography; Britain/UK; 19th century; Geography & Maps. Inventory No: 19119.

Cooke, MatthewA collection of Psalm and Hymn tunes for the use of the Lock Hospital Chapel ... Vol. 1st 1808-01-01. Unknown Binding. Acceptable. 1803 printing. Both boards severed but present. Printed for Nicholson. Ex library copy with some of the usual markings. Rubbing to the corners. "A New edition".

CARY, John.A New Map of Part of the United States of North America, containing those of New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusets, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia from the latest Authorities. New Universal Atlas. 1808. - Copper engraving. Original colour. Size: 51.5 x 46 cm. (20½ x 18 inches). Expert repairs to centrefold. Very good condition. Clear and accurate map of the north-east of the United States, before Maine was a state (it is marked as a vague "district" to the north). Three scales and title at lower right. John Cary was considered "the most representative, able and prolific of English cartographers." "As an engraver he was elegant and exact with fine clear lettering and great delicacy of touch" (Tooley).

NODDER, R.P.Original watercolour,. measuring 22,5cm x 19,5cm, signed Rich. P. Nodder 1808. An attractive watercolour, showing a large duck amidst reed. A charming landscape with water and in the distance, a farmhouse, a boat and willows. Richard Nodder, a natural history painter, was an occasional exhibitor at the Royal Academy, he drew and engraved many of the fine plates of the 'Naturalist's Miscellany: or coloured figures of natural objects' by Shaw & Nodder. On the verso of the painting an old note: 'Painting of a duck bought by Mr. Foljambe who believed it to be a specimen of the Ferreiginous(?) Duck. It is mentionned by Montagu in his Ornithological Dictionary 1st Edit'.